Cathy Owen
Cathy has worked extensively with new writing, most recently touring nationally with Cardboard Citizens as Cathy in Cathy by Ali Taylor, which was also performed in prisons, hostels and The House of Lords. She premiered This Wide Night by Chloe Moss for Clean Break at Soho Theatre, The Last Valentine by Glyn Maxwell at the Almeida Theatre, Silent Engine by Julian Garner for Pentabus, and a new adaptation by Ed Thomas of Mother Courage and her Children for the National Theatre of Wales. Her classical work includes Lady Macbeth at the Ludlow Festival, Kate in Shrew'd: Taming of the Shrew and The Tamer Tamed at the Arcola Theatre. She has recently completed two lockdown shorts, Bounce, written by Jess Moore and directed by Alex Dinelaris, and A Love Story, written and directed by Trevor Docksey. Cathy studied English and Drama at The University of East Anglia, and has directed new plays at the Arcola Theatre, Southwark Playhouse and The Unicorn for the National Youth Theatre, where she is an Associate Artist.